Justice, AlexanderA General Treatise of the Dominion of the Sea: And a Compleat Body... 1705. Britannia Rule the Waves! Justice, Alexander. A General Treatise of the Dominion and Laws of the Sea. Containing What is Most Valuable Upon that Subject, in Ancient and Modern Authors. And Particularly that Excellent Body of Sea-Laws Lately Published in France; Besides the Ancient Laws of the Rhodians and Romans, and of Oleron, and Other Countries; With a Collection of the Marine Treaties Concluded During the Last Century. Together with Several Discourses About the Jurisdiction and Manner of Proceeding in the Admiralty of England, Both in Criminal and Civil Matters, And Adjudg'd Cases in Several Courts Concerning Trade and Navigation. In All Which are Explain'd at Large the Laws and Customs of Merchants, And of the Courts in Cases of Bottomry, Insurances, Charter-Parties, Bills of Lading, And of Piracy, and Letters of Marque and Reprisal. To Which is Subjorn'd; An Appendix Concerning the Present State and Regulations of the Admiralty and Navy, And Means for Improving It, And a Proposal for the More Easy and Expeditious Manning of the Fleet Without Pressing. Dedicated to His Royal Majesty the Prince. London: Printed for S. and J. Sprint and J. Nicholson, 1705. [xii], vi, 660, 40, [8] pp. Folding allegorical copperplate frontispiece. Folding copperplate table of naval flags. Quarto (9" x 6-1/2"). Recent period-style calf, blind fillets with corner fleurons to boards, raised bands and lettering piece to spine, title page mounted and re-hinged, final three leaves re-hinged. Moderate toning to text, somewhat heavier in places, some edgewear to preliminaries and final few leaves, foxing and dampspotting in a few places. Early owner signature to head of title page, interior otherwise clean. Ex-library. Small inkstamp to title page. * First edition, one of two issues from 1705, both by the same publisher. This important work includes a well-documented historical section, texts of the most important codes, a collection of treaties, and suggestions for the future of British shipping. It also contains a translation of Estienne Cleirac's Us et Coutumes de la Mer (This is the "excellent body of sea-laws lately published in France" mentioned in the book's title. "Lately" is misleading; It appears that Justice used the third French edition, which was published in 1670 and reissued in 1671.) "[Justice's treatise] is a valuable w

Americas - Henri Chatelain. "Carte des Tres Curieuse de la Mer du Sud, contenant des remarques nouvelles et tres utiles non seulement sur les ports et iles de cette mer, mais aussy sur les principaux pays de l'Amerique tant Septentroinale que Meridionale, avec les noms & la route des voyageurs par qui la decouverte en a ete faite "Large copper-engraved map, on four joined sheets, in excellent condition. With splendid hand colouring. Published in Amsterdam by Henri Abraham ChÃ¢telain between 1705 and 1720.Size (print): 81 x 140 cm, (frame): 107 x 167 cm.An exceptionally fine copy of "one of the most decorative and impressive maps of the Americas [and] ...a veritable pictorial encyclopedia of the western hemisphere"' (Goss). "One of the most elaborately engraved maps of the Western Hemisphere ever produced"' (Schwartz & Ehrenberg). This monumental masterpiece is one of the most celebrated expressions of artistic cartography ever produced.Depicting the Americas and the entire Western Hemisphere, it was the most important map of ChÃ¢telain"s encyclopaedic Atlas Historique. With maps devised by ChÃ¢telain and text by Nicholas Guedeville, it was published in seven folio volumes. This map appeared in the sixth volume as indicated by the notion in the upper right corner. The objective of ChÃ¢telain"s opus was to arouse the reader"s curiosity regarding matters of geography, cosmography, topography, heraldry and ethnography; and this map dramatically achieves this goal, as a visual tour de force epitomises the exciting ethic of the age of discovery.In the upper center of the chart are nine portrait medallions featuring important explorers and circumnavigators, including Magellan, Columbus, Vespucci, Magellan, Schouten, Van Noort, L"Hermite, Drake, Dampier, and La Salle.The text includes descriptions of their achievements, and the map features the tracks of their great voyages of discovery, as well as the route of the Manila galleons that the Spaniards used to transfer precious cargo between the New World and Asia.The most striking features of the map are the series of large vignettes, magnificently bordered with proto-rococo motifs, that portray scenes of commerce and exotic ritual in the New World.The scene depicted in the upper left is derived from Nicolas De Fer"s legendary "Beaver map" and features the industrious creatures at the foot of Niagara Falls, while the area to the right contains a native hunting scene.The decorative cartouche above the Atlantic depicts the Newfoundland Cod fishery, and the vignettes in the adjacent corner showcase the Straits of Gibraltar and the Dutch trading post at Cape Town, with Table Mountain in the background.The lower right corner of the map is adorned with four cartographic insets featuring details of important Latin American cities including Veracruz, Rio de Janeiro, Havana, and Buenos Aires & the River Plata estuary.Surmounting these maps are illustrations relating to Hernán Cortés"s landing in Mexico in 1519 and the mining of the mountain at Potosí, Bolivia, the largest source of silver ever discovered. The most sensational expression of artistry on the map embellishes the southern Pacific, featuring a grand series of interconnected cartouches.A map of Mexico City is accompanied by a grand portrayal of the Aztec Temple of the Sun, and is surrounded by cartographic insets of important New World harbors and depictions of exotic animals such as opossums, armadillos and wild boar.To the left is a map of Louisiana, recently settled by the French, surmounted by a scene of a native Canadian wedding and various American activities such as Night Hunting and sugar refining. Maps of the Isthmus of Panama and the Windward Islands of the Caribbean are featured in the lower left corner.Geographically, the map provides a fascinating view of the world before the great wave of exploration that occurred later in the century. Curiously, while the map shows California to be an island, it is also one of the first maps to dispel the insular myth in light of father Eusebio Kino"s discoveries. The map also features numerous missions recently founded in the region. Elsewhere in North America, the Rio Grande is well delineated, but has its source in the mythical Lake Conibas. The Mississippi Basin and the Great Lakes are well depicted as a result of French exploration, but the canoe route from Georgian Bay to Montréal is shown as a single massive river, whilst actually it was far less direct and replete with portages.A mythical series of large islands, including "Guadalcanal"' adorn the mid-Pacific, and New Guinea takes an amorphous shape adjacent to the enigmatic "Terre De Quir"'. Australia and New Zealand assume the same partial outline as articulated by Abel Tasman almost a century before. Japan, which was not welcoming to most European explorers, has a very curious appearance, and "Eso"', supposedly Hokkaido, is located far to the north of Honshu as part of the Asiatic mainland.Literature:- Goss, The Mapmaker"s Art, plate 7.5- Goss, The Mapping of North America, 52- Leighly, California as an Island, pl. xx- McLaughlin, The Mapping of California as an Island, 190- Nordenskiold Collection, 753- Portinaro & Knirsch, The Cartography of North America 1500-1800, plate CVIII.- Schwartz & Ehrenberg The Mapping of America pp.146-147 & plate 85- Suarez, Early Mapping of the Pacific, fig.97- Tooley "California as an Island"', 80, plate 80, in Map Collectors" Circle 8- Tooley, The Mapping of America, p.130- Tooley, The Mapping of Australia, 66- Wagner, Cartography of the Northwest Coast of America, 511The map has been framed elaborately, tasteful and with materials of the highest quality.Price: â‚¬ 14.500,- (excl. BTW/VAT, incl. frame).

CHOU, P'ei-ch'un.BAMBOO PAINTED ALBUM ORIGINAL BY CHOU P'EI-CH'UN, DATED 1705 [Beijing Kangxi 44: = 1705]. Wood covers, large 37.5 x 39.5. cm., silk over paper title slip with former collector or the. compiler's name on title slip reads: Wang Yu, contains 48. fine Sumi ink paintings on fine paper.A STUNNING MANUSCRIPT. A VERY LARGE ACCORDION FOLDED BAMBOO PAINTING ALBUM A superb example of fine Chinese traditional bamboo painting in tones of black, gray [Sumi] ink and off white. The whole work is beautifully painted with several varieties of bamboo painted in the four seasons of the year, including some stunning and poignant snow scenes. * Showing the great variety of bamboo in the wind, rain, snow and other weather conditions. Painted on hand-made Chinese native papers, with traditional wood covers and title slip. Each painting has a pair of two different seals on each, all have the same set of double red seals or chops throughout. . * CONDITION: The work is in remarkably clean and nice condition, each page is clean, no foxing at all. Each painting/page is with pale beige paper border material with the normal wear expected of an item from this period. A good number of page hinges been reinforced with hand-made Washi paper and rice glue to strengthen, still an exceptionally nice example of a collectable and unusual original art work. * RARITY: Most albums of this age, subject and quality have been pulled apart and sold as single art works. By and large a wonderful album in from an early period, complete as the artist issued it, done in a Deluxe large size and impressive style. A treasure for any collector. * TRANSLATION OF THE CHINESE FOREWORD CARTOUCHE BY THE ARITST: This is a direct English translation of the artist's comments found at the beginning of the album: * "I have been drawing this kind of painting in Peking for more than 50 years. Each of my paintings has been very accurately drawn by me and my price for my paintings has been quite fair. I have never quoted two different prices to my clients. My paintings have been quite popular abroad. Recently some shameless people have tried to imitate my paintings and have damaged my reputation by selling imitation copies to my clients. In order to clarify the ambiguity of real vs. imitation copies, I have made a special [second] seal to be put on each of my paintings. * Please note from now on that paintings without a six-character seal denoting [my name] "Pei-Ching Chou P'ei-chu'un hua" are considered imitations. I hope this note will warn all of my clients. * Signed Chou P'ei-chu'n of Peking, Residing outside of Hsuan-Wu gate." * ABOUT THE SEALS: Each painting is nicely cinnabar sealed with two of the artist's authentic seal impressions per the artist's statement above. An original, genuine work of art, properly sealed by the artist, a rare work in excellent condition. * Color scans can be sent by email. Images displayed may not be the actual copy in stock for sale at any given time; if you want to see the exact image of the book or edition in stock, please request this by email and an image will be returned to you by attachment. * * * * BUY WITH .

SCHENCK, Peter (1645-1715)[Double Hemisphere Celestial Chart with Classical Constellations] PlanisphÃ¦rium Coeleste Amsterdam, 1705. Copper-engraved celestial map, with full original colour. Very good condition apart from minor soiling. A magnificent double hemisphere celestial chart by one of the period's greatest mapamakers This double hemisphere celestial chart gives the Classical constellations north and south as well seven illustrations of various astronomical theories and phenomena including a comparison of stellar magnitudes, three theories of the planetary arrangement of our system, an illustration of lunar eclipses, the lunar influence on tides and the passage of the earth around the sun. Koeman, Atlantes Neerlandici , Sche 1 & p.119.

[BROUGHTON, John or DAVENANT, Charles]A letter to a Member of the present Honourable House of Commons, relating to the credit of our government, and of the nation in general. London, printed by A.R. in Bond's stables, adjoyning to Symond's Inn, in Chancery-lane; and are to be sold by J. Nutt, near Stationers Hall. 1705. 4to., 8pp., final page a little soiled, page numerals shaved or partially cropped in upper margins, bound in the 20th century in marbled boards. First edition: very scarce. Hanson 546. Not in Kress or Goldsmiths. Horsefield 467. ESTC finds copies at 5 libraries in B. Isles but only at Yale (Beinecke) elsewhere. Hanson notes that this paper was incorporated a few years later in The vindication and advancement of our national constitution and credit.> [1710]. For the context of this paper, see, for example, Horsefield, British monetary experiments 1650-1710,> 1960, pp.140-1.

BEVERLEY, Robert (c.1673-c.1722)]The History and Present State of Virginia, in four parts . By a native and inhabitant of the place Printed for R. Parker, London 1705 - (7 1/2 x 4 3/8 inches). [12], 19, [1], 104; 40; 64; 83, [1]; pp. Errata on verso of final Table of contents leaf. Engraved frontispiece, 14 engraved plates, all by Gribelin, 1 folding letterpress table. Expertly bound to style in full speckled calf, spine gilt with raised bands, red morocco lettering piece Provenance: Samuel Fisher (ink stamp on title) The first edition of an important history of Virginia: "After John Smith, the first account of this colony, the first one penned by a native and the best contemporary record of its aboriginal tribes and of the life of its early settlers" (Howes). Beverly's history is the earliest written by a Virginian and is one of the most reliable and informative accounts of the early period. Beverly covers all aspects of life in Virginia, including produce both natural and cultivated, early plantations and history up to the time of writing. The finely executed plates are based on the engravings found in the first part of Theodore De Bry's Grand Voyages, i.e. Hariot's important work on Virginia with images based on original drawings by John White. "A valuable first hand account of conditions, written by a self consciously American observer of nature, Indians, political and social life" (Vail). Arents 456; Church 821; European Americana , 705/21; Field 122 (later edition); Howes B410; Pilling, Algonquian , p. 43; Sabin 5112; Streeter sale 2:1098; Vail 297. [Attributes: First Edition; Hard Cover]

Knightley D'AnversA General Abridgment of the Common Law, Alphabetically Digested under Proper Titles . . . With Three Tables: The First, Of the several Titles. The Second, Of the Names of the Cases. And the Third, Of the Matter under General Heads. Two Volumes. Folio London: Printed for . . . John Walthoe [etc.] [imprints vary], 1705-13. Contemporary calf, a trifle rubbed, occasional light foxing and browning, a very good set; compare Cowley 192 First edition of D'Anvers' translation into English of the abridgment of Henry Rolle, "[i]ts scientific method . . . far in advance of anything that had preceded it", carried forward to the letter "E" and further supplemented but never completed

[Connecticut]YE AGREEMENT BETWEEN NEW LONDON AND GROTON [manuscript docket title] [Hartford, Ct., 1705. Folio. Old fold lines. Light wear and soiling; a few areas of minor loss, not affecting legibility. Very good. Manuscript copy of the agreement between the Connecticut towns of New London and Groton, agreed upon at a general assembly in Hartford, establishing Groton as an independent town. The east bank of the Thames River thus became Groton, while the west bank remained New London. The agreement to incorporate Groton as a separate town included continued use of the ferry and free school for inhabitants on both sides of the river; acknowledgement that citizens of the new town would agree to pay their part of the town debt previously incurred; and the continued maintenance of various ministries and free schools as indicated. It is signed: "A True Copy, Eleazar Kimberly Secry. Extracted from Groton Records & Compared Samll. Avery, Recorder." Accompanied by a typed transcription with the note: "Purchased at Perkins Auction, Waterford, [Ct.] 9/4/31.

[MAGNETISM] HALLEY, EdmundMiscellanea Curiosa. Being a collection of some of the Principal Phaenomena in Nature...with several discourses read before the Royal Society.. London: for Jeffrey Wale and John Senex, 1705. Octavo, with four plates and a folding map, very good in recent half calf. Collected papers of celebrated astronomer and theoretical scientist Edmund Halley, including a significant world map marked with trade winds and variations of the compass.A wide range of subjects are treated in this first volume of the Miscellanea Curiosa (including the tides, magnetism, light, acoustics and gravity). Of particular interest is the paper titled An Historical Account of the Trade Winds and Monsoons, observable in the Seas between and near the Tropicks, with an attempt to assign the Physical Cause of the said Winds. It is accompanied by a folding map of the world marked with both the prevailing wind currents and magnetic variations. Halley had previously published significant global charts of the trade winds (1686) and magnetic variation (1702); here he combines the assembled data for presentation in a single compact chart.Although a man of science with limited naval experience, Halley was appointed captain of the first English scientific expedition. The Paramour departed in 1698, tasked with collecting magnetic and meteorological observations from the South Atlantic. William Dampier's departure in the Roebuck followed within months (he sailed from England in January 1699), and the interests of the two men overlapped in numerous respects. Dampier admired Halley's work, and his "Discourse on the Trade Winds" published in 1699 contained a map of similar design to Halley's earlier work. The extent of Halley's influence remains a matter of scholarly debate, although Dampier's considerable firsthand experience in the Pacific no doubt enriched his understanding of the subject.Halley used the Miscellanea Curiosa to reprint his contributions to the Royal Society Transactions (this being the first of three volumes). The sheer range of subjects broached in this volume reflect Halley's vast learning and pre-eminence within the scientific community of late seventeenth-century England.

Mather, SamuelThe Figures or Types of the Old Testament, by which Christ and the Heavenly Things of the Gospel were Preached and Shadowed to the People of God of Old. Explain'd and Improv'd in sundry Sermons. The Second Edition, to which is annex'd, (more than was in the former Edition) a Scheme and Table of the whole, whereby the Rader may readily turn to any Subject treated of in this Book. London, Nathaniel Hillier 1705 - (VII, 5) 540 (12) p. Contemporary Leather with ribbed back, 4° (small piece of leather is missing from the back cover) [Attributes: Hard Cover]

BROWN, Thomas. WARD, Edward.A Legacy for the Ladies. Or, Characters of the Women of the Age. By the late Ingenious Mr. Thomas Brown. With a Comical View of London and Westminster: Or. The Merry Quack; where-in Physic is Rectified for Both the Beaus and Ladies. In Two Parts. The First Part by Mr. Tho. Brown: The Second Part by Mr. Edw. Ward, Author of the London-Spy, &c. To which is prefixt, The Character of Mr. Tho. Brown, and his Writings, Written by Dr. Drake. J. Nutt. London 1705 - First edition. 8vo. Signatures. A1-8, b1-8, B1-N8. Collation: Title page, [ix] Dedication, [i] blank, xiv A Character of Mr. Thomas Browne., [ii] contents, [iv] publisher's adverts, 192pp. Some slight worming to top inside corner, mostly in margin so hardly affecting text, small chip to top of title page professionally repaired. Handsomely and recently rebound in full spleckled brown polished calf, ruled in blind, red leather lettering piece. New endpapers though retaining one original blank endpaper leaf at rear. A remarkably clean and fresh copy of this famous work by the man responsible for the lines "I do not like thee Dr. Fell." and well known satirist and libertine of his time. The 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica gives this verdict: "He was the author of a great variety of poems, letters, dialogues and lampoons, full of humour and erudition, but coarse and scurrilous. His writings have a certain value for the knowledge they display of low life in London." Presently the best description of Brown's legacy may be that of Joseph Addison, who accorded him the appellation "T-m Br-wn of facetious Memory". [Attributes: First Edition; Hard Cover]

Rumphius, Georg EberhardPl. LV. Dendrites. Rariteitkamer:Thesaurus Imaginum Piscuim Testaceorum Leiden:: Rumphius,, 1705.. First edition. Archivally Framed. Fine /. Fine hand-colored copperplate engraving. 10 x 15 inches. Archivally matted and framed to 16.5 x 21.5 inches, as shown. Although best known for her revolutionary discoveries of the metamorphosis of the caterpillar, and her painterly compositions for her masterpiece: Metamorphosis Insectorum Surinamensium, Maria Sibylla Merian (1647-1717) provided the precise and exacting illustrations for this work. Rumphius, commissioned by the Dutch East India Company, traveled to Ambon, as deputy prefect, and as a passion studied and documented the natural order of the island. His legacy, the Rariteitkamer, published posthumously, included natural objects such as these decorative dendrite stones. Dendrites of Iron oxide and manganese oxide on limestone, were shaped for emblems and jewelry.

Hennepin Louis, 1626-1705Nouvelle Decouverte D'Un Tres Grand Pays Situé dans l'Amerique, Hennepin Louis, 1626-1705 - Nouvelle Decouverte D'Un Tres Grand Pays Situé dans l'Amerique, Entre Le Nouveau Mexique, Et La Mer Glaciale : Avec les Cartes, & les Figures necessaires, et de plus l'Histoire Naturelle et Morale, et les avantages qu'on en peu tirer par l'établissem. des Colon. / Le Tout Dedie à Sa Majesté Britannique Guillaume III. Par Le R. P. Louis Hennepin, Missionaire Recollect & Notaire Apostolique. Verfasser Hennepin, Louis Verl. / Druck. Someren, Abraham van Erschienen Amsterdam : Someren, 1698 Online-Ausg. Halle, Saale : Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek Sachsen-Anhalt, 2013 Umfang [36] Bl., 506 S., [2] gef. Bl. ; 12° : Kupfert., 2 Ill. (Kupferst.) Anmerkung Vorlage des Erscheinungsvermerks: A Amsterdam, Chez Abraham van Someren, Marchand Libraire. MDCXCVIII. Sprache Französisch HENNEPIN, LOUIS (baptized Antoine), priest, Recollet, missionary, explorer, historiographer; b. 12 May 1626 at Ath, in Belgium, son of Gaspard Hennepin, a butcher, and of Norbertine Leleu; d. c. 1705. Louis Hennepin attended the École latine in the town of Ath (province of Hainaut), and did his classical studies there. Around the age of 17 he donned the rough homespun of the Franciscans at the convent of Béthune (department of Pas-de-Calais), and began his noviciate under the direction of Father Gabriel de La Ribourde*. He continued his studies at the convent of Montargis (department of Loiret), with Father Paul Huet* as his master, then entered the priesthood. Imbued with sincere missionary fervour, and adventurous into the bargain, he immediately sought to give free expression to his zeal and his natural inclination. After a period of time spent with his sister Jeanne at Ghent, where he acquired some knowledge of Flemish, he set out for Rome with the object of interesting the higher authorities of the order in his missionary ideal. He received permission to visit a number of sanctuaries and monasteries in Italy and Germany on the way back, "Whereby," he wrote, "I began to satisfy my natural curiosity." When he reached the low countries Hennepin settled at Hal (province of Brabant), on the order of the provincial superior, Father Guillaume Herincx. For a year he carried on a preaching ministry, then he went to Artois, staying in the convents situated along the coast: Biez, Calais, Dunkirk. His romantic mind caught fire when he heard the sailors&#146; stories, some of them strange ones. Indeed Hennepin, hiding behind tavern doors, drank in the adventurous seamen&#146;s words. "I would have spent whole days and nights in this occupation, which I found so pleasant," he wrote in the Nouvelle découverte, "because I always learned something new about the beauty, fertility, and wealth of the countries where these people had been." During the war started by Louis XIV in 1672 he devoted himself in Holland to the care of the wounded and sick; in 1673 he spent eight months in this fashion at Maastricht (Netherlands). A contagious illness obliged him to rest for a time; once he was cured, he took up his task again and was present at the battle of Seneffe (Hainaut) on 11 Aug. 1674. The following year, on 22 April 1675, Louis XIV asked the Recollets to send five missionaries to New France in the near future. The superiors chose Fathers Chrestien Le Clercq*, Luc Buisset, Zénobe Membré*, Louis Hennepin, and Denis Moquet (the latter, who was sick, stayed in Europe). At the end of May 1675, with Cavelier* de La Salle, the missionaries left Europe. The eager missionary lost no time in getting to work. He gave the Advent and Lent sermons at the Hôtel-Dieu of Quebec on Bishop Laval&#146;s invitation, and went through countryside and village, preaching the gospel at Cap-Tourmente, Trois-Rivières, Sainte-Anne de Beaupré, and Bourg-Royal. In the spring of 1676 he went to Lake Ontario to replace Father Léonard Duchesne at Cataracoui (Fort Frontenac, now Kingston, Ont.). Hennepin&#146;s activity never flagged; with his confrère Luc Buisset, he built a "mission house" which was soon frequented [Attributes: Hard Cover]

Garzoni, Pietro.Istoria della repubblica di Venezia in tempo della Sacra Lega contra Maometto IV., e tre suoi successori, Gran Sultani de' Turchi. Venice, Giovanni Manfrè, 1705. - Large 4to. (8), 838, (40) pp., final blank f. With several woodcut headpieces. 19th century green half mororcco gilt with marbled covers. First edition. - "Garzoni [1652-1719] was appointed official Venetian historiographer in 1692. His work deals mainly with the Sacra Lega and the Venetian victories against the Turks in the Morea during the war of 1684-90" (Atabey, 2nd ed. only). A second volume, a sequel in name only, deals with the War of Spanish Succession and was not appended until 1716. - Binding rubbed, corners somewhat bumped. Interior shows occasional browning, but largely quite clean. A good, wide-margined copy, this has been annotated throughout in pencil by an Arabic hand, probably in the early 20th century. Rare; no copy of the first edition on the market for 25 years. Brunet VI, 25458. Libr. Vinciana 1032. Graesse III, 82. OCLC 832293066. Cf. Atabey 479 (1707-19 second ed. only). Not in Blackmer. [Attributes: First Edition; Hard Cover]